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The fact that London was parliamentarian rather than royalist was one of the principal reasons for the defeat of Charles I in the English Civil War. This book reinterprets London's role. It examines the relation of the municipality and of the City fathers as business magnates with both of the early Stuart kings and their parliaments, and explores the business connections of the City with the royal court, concluding that, far from being the natural allies of the king and court as is generally assumed, the City elite had mostly been seriously alienated from them by 1640. Professor Ashton offers an interpretation not only of the City's role in the years before 1640 but also of the reasons lying behind its support for parliament in 1642. It is both a contribution to the debate on the origins of the Civil War and a study in depth of the connection between big business and politics in early Stuart England.

Big business --- Business and politics --- Elite (Social sciences) --- History --- Case studies. --- Great Britain --- London (England) --- Politics and government --- Politics and government. --- Commerce --- History. --- Grandes entreprises --- -Big business --- -Business and politics --- Politics and business --- Political business cycles --- Economic concentration --- Elites (Social sciences) --- -London (England) --- Business --- Business enterprises --- Industries --- Leadership --- Power (Social sciences) --- Social classes --- Social groups --- Politics, Practical --- Case studies --- Size --- Political aspects --- Londen (England) --- Londinium (England) --- Londres (England) --- Londýn (England) --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1600-1699 --- London --- Affaires et politique --- Elite (Sciences sociales) --- Histoire --- Cas, Etudes de --- Grande-Bretagne --- Londres (Angleterre) --- Politique et gouvernement --- Lunnainn (England) --- Arts and Humanities